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EPICA: New Video Interview, Performance Footage Available

Valerio Ferrari of the Italian webzine Heavyworlds.com conducted an interview with keybord player Coen Janssen and guitarist Isaac Delahaye of Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA at this year’s Gods Of Metal festival, which was held on June 22 in Milan, Italy. You can now watch the chat below.

Janssen and his wife, Linda, welcomed their first child, a baby daughter named Cato Dianne, on January 28.

KAMELOT keyboardist Oliver Palotai — the longtime boyfriend of EPICA singer Simone Simons — filled in for Janssen during EPICA South American tour and the group’s appearance at the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise.

“This Is The Time”, the latest single from EPICA, was released digitally on October 15, 2010. A video for the song, which was written for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), was filmed in March 2010 was in Hilversum, The Netherlands.

EPICA‘s latest album, “Design Your Universe”, landed at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.